Sign-printer.



Patented Apr. 7, 1914.'

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WILLIAM J'. RYAN', 0F SPULPA, OKLAHGMA;

SIGN-PRINTER.

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Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 7., 1914i.

applicati@ inea atenei e, rela serial im. 783,123.

To ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WILLIAM J. RYAN,

Va citizen of the United States, residing at Sapulpa, in the county of Creek and State ot Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sign-Printers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is van improved stamping device for street advertisements designed cinistructed and arranged to stamp any desired character, letter, sign or series of Words or ornamental design on a street pavement, rapidly and at successive intervals for advertising or other suitable purposes the invention consisting in the construction, combination and arrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

One object of my invention is to provide an improved sign painting or advertising device of this character which may be used on a roller or on the tire of an automobile Wheel and caused to print on a avement at each rotation of said roller or w eel.

Another object is to provide improved means for supplying a stamp or printing device With ink or color. I

`Another object is to eii'ect' improvements in the construction of the printing belt or tire whereby the'same may be provided with suitable interchangeable printing types or characters.

Another object is to combine with theA printing belt or tire and its inking device,

a'b'lower for cleaning the surface of the pavement immediately inv advance of the Wheel carrying the printing belt 0r tire.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure l is an 4elevation of my invention in which the printing belt or tire is shown arranged on and around the tire of an automobile wheel for operation thereby and in connection with an inking device and a blower. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective'view of the printing belt or tire showing the same detached from the roller or wheel'. Fig. 3 isa detail transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal sectional view of the same.

ln accordance with my invention -Ipro` vide a printing belt or tire 1 of suitable length and breadth, which, is legrible and may be made of leather or other suitable material and is adaptedt be placed around and secured on the` peri hery of a roller or'the tire of an automobile wheel for rotation therewith and operation thereby. This printing tire or belt isprovided at its ends with suitable fastening devices 2. iVithin the scope of my invention any suitable means may be employed for securing the printing belt in place. On the peripheral or on the outer side of the printing belt, at suitable distances apart, are holders 3- for printing types or characters 4 each of which comprises a body 5 and a raised printing surface or face 6. yIn practice a body of each type may be made of wood or other suitable material and the printing type or character should be made of rubber or other elastic material. The of the body eX- ceeds that oit-the printinggace so that the body projects from opposite sides of the printing face and each holder 3 is provided with side walls 7 having inturned flanges 8, the bodies of the types being adapted to be placed between the side Walls of the holders and the ianges of said holders being adapted to bear on the outer sides of said bodies ofthe type on opposite sides or the printing portions 6` thereof. Hence the printing types may be placed in or taken out of the Walls and arranged in any desired order to spell lthe required words and cause the same to be printed, and this construction and ar rangement of devices enables signs, announcements or the like to be readily composed and set upon the printing belt. The iolders are attached to the printing belt by means of suitable rivets or other suitable devices 9 having split 4Shanks which are clenched in opposite directions on the inner side of the printing belt or tire, the said rivets or other fastening device being arranged at the centers of the holders as shown. The slightly spaced relation of the holders enables the println belt or tire to flex when in operation witlgiout bending or imposing undue stress and weight on the holders and the types therein.

The printing belt 1a is arranged on the tread of the tire of an automobile wheel 24:.

The body of 'the automobile being mounted on theusual springs is thereby connected to the wheel 2d for yielding movement. The revoluble inlring pad 25 is arranged in rear of said wheel and is mounted on an arm 26 of a lever 27 which is' .mounted for vertical angular movement and is connectegLtot-he automohilebody as at 28 andto the upper end of which ash'iting rod or opposite rod QS) is connected. The connection between the shifting rod and the lever 27 includes a spring 30 which when the shifting rod is in the required position tol turn the lever :i7 so as to cause the inking pad to bear on the printing face ofgthe printing belt, serves \to cushion thevsaid piinting pad and adapty ed Vfor slight spring movement toward and from the'printing surface of the printing belt and thus reduce friction between the printing pad and the printing face of the belt and yet cause the pad to thoroughly ink the faces of the raised types or characters of the printing belt as will be understood.

In order to clear the dirt and dust from the surface of the pavement in front of the wheel 24 I provide a blower which is here shown as a nozzle 31 connected -to a pipe 32 which leads from the muffler 33 of the automobile. i

Modifications mayA be made within the scope of my invention as defined by the appended claim.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing thev Having thus described my invention, claim:

The herein described pavement printing device comprising a supporting wheel, a body supported by the wheel and connected thereto for yielding movement, a lever pivotally connected to the body and extending downwardly therefrom, a revoluble ink pad carried by the said lever, a spring arm attached to said lever, a shifting rod connected to the said spring arm, and a printing belt arranged around the periphery ot said wheel, the ink pad being movable by said lever to and from said printing belt and the spring arm of said lever compensating for the yielding movement of the said body.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. RYAN.

Witnesses:

S. J. SMITH, F. J. DUNN.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

